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Otaki Mail, 3 April 1922, Page 3

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TAINUI v. OTAKI TENNIS CLUB. f Contributed). The Tennis Club turned up in »> > •force, except for the «mc« ot more, who hud uu engagement, -mig havo-beens, has-beens and never-. Jibes —and having won the toss tool, th wickets. Wills and F. bunco* (•>) started and made eight before t e ter was cleaned bowled. As i s “ wwfc*; he might hm 111 " «“-«• ‘ ‘ so seven years serving strange sports, partnered Wills and. the two c ex .ons left-handers made things men? , caxij w the score to 3-1 before Giblin bugged Wills’ (IT) wicket Sievers tnadc 13. but bar H. Tahiwi (1-) > ult • COK (9). who has been lo years übsen from the pitches, and extras aho nine. the they weinAle otoi Sr^7 n TherewonhU they felt, have been a lot more had a few ot th • . S>»m * «•* “ fZ' the field with their presence, < ■ tn ££e players are not used to playing ca mes without the encouragement of the fair sex. also if the Tainui bowler. Giblin. w-ho accounted for < " l( u ' • bad gone surfing the total would easi y bave run into three figures. Tainui then took strike,to e 10 " ir-r of Sievers and Wills. Atte minutes’ play a halt was called; the official scorer had gone to sleep urn. n not get hold of the old envelope on which the score was jjept. The heavy-weight Tongan c \ feter in spite of style ■ of “ holding his batting implement, ns uallT put. any loose balls through th. fence. His tally was 15 and the innings closed for 67, leaving the Tennis Club winners by 10 runs ers, who bowled unchanged and took fiTe wickets, Wills, one wicket, and PSimcox, three wickets, did the trundling for the O.T.C. _ Cheeis were exchanged and th bis Club adjourned to the courts, where the ball is softer, the bat larger, . miss does not send the player sorrowing to his afternoon tea.